Almost free online music?

[turnipmonster]

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They make jack [censored] off of their records.

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this is absolutely untrue for most artists. besides, artists that don't make much off their records choose to take that route.

I think musicians should get paid for what they do.

--turnipmonster

[turnipmonster]

no it's not legal and they pay the artists nothing.

[Sweaburg]

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Oh sorry. That's my opinion. I am highly immoral though, so take it as you will...

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Would you steal from record stores if you wouldn't get caught?

People that think downloading music without the artists and/or record companies consent isn't stealing should give there head a shake.

RT

[lighterjobs]

if they don't sell albums they can't afford to go out on the road because their label will drop them. how much music is a megabyte anyway? like 30 sec of a song?

[bear187]

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Oh sorry. That's my opinion. I am highly immoral though, so take it as you will...

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Would you steal from record stores if you wouldn't get caught?

People that think downloading music without the artists and/or record companies consent isn't stealing should give there head a shake.

RT

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Yeah, I steal whatever I can if I can. I'm one sick individual @_@ http://www.ispub.com/xml/journals/ij...equin-fig2.jpg

[wacki]

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this is absolutely untrue for most artists. besides, artists that don't make much off their records choose to take that route.


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The artist created the product, recorded it and the finished product is judged by the public on the quality of the music. Yet they get the smallest piece of the pie, with the record labels and distributors usually taking about 85% of the income.

http://www.azoz.com/news2/riaa02.html

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I think musicians should get paid for what they do.

--turnipmonster

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Did I say otherwise?

[SomethingClever]

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Would you steal from record stores if you wouldn't get caught?

People that think downloading music without the artists and/or record companies consent isn't stealing should give there head a shake.

RT

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You're a huge noob. First, this analogy is retarded. Steal a CD and you're not only stealing the music, but the record company had to spend $0.50 or so to physically create the thing, and the record store probably spent $5 on it.

You're not stealing a physical product when you d/l.

Secondly, yes, I believe artists should be compensated for their work.

What I don't believe is that there needs to be a huge infrastructure (record labels) to bring us music anymore.

Record companies are the ones making millions for an obsolete service.

The answer?

Create a better subscription service. iTunes is way too expensive.

The labels could have set something similar up, sat back and raked in the dough for years while cutting their production costs significantly, but they're a bunch of crusty dinosaurs that are holding on so tight they're going to choke themselves to death.

[MicroBob]

I qualify as stupid because I tried to figure out how to download music and didn't succeed.
I gave up reasonably quickly though out of frustration.

[bear187]

www.limewire.com there ya go

[Michael Davis]

"You're not stealing a physical product when you d/l."

Yes, you are. I don't see how the amount of money it costs to produce something has anything to do with whether or not one is stealing. Is it okay to steal things that are cheap but not those that are expensive?

Even if it's not a physical product, what does that matter? And it IS a physical product.

Also, what does being a "noob" have to do with one's argument?

-Michael